If the cap fits...

The Victorian architecture of Cape May sets the perfect mood to solve a Sherlock Holmes mystery. We hope you’ll accent your cap and pipe with full-on Victorian garb, and that you’ll have fun wandering the gaslit streets of Cape May in search of clues. If you can figure out who Madame Reinhart is hiding behind the door to the padded room, you stand to win the $250 grand prize and many other gifts.

The schedule of the Cape May Sherlock Holmes Weekend 2010 is as follows:

Friday, March 19, 8:30pm – The Game’s Afoot with coffee and dessert in the Rose Room at the Inn of Cape May, when you’ll learn details about the mystery to be solved.

Saturday, March 20, 1 – 3:30pm – A Self-guided tour of Cape May Bed and Breakfast Inns. Keep an eye out for Holmes, Watson, and an assortment of unsavory characters as you look for clues.

Saturday afternoon, 3:30 – 4:30 pm – Back at the Rose Room, explore the relationship between Holmes and Mmme. Reinhart, and examine your evidence.

Sunday afternoon, 12:30 pm – Holmes Unlocks the Mystery in the Rose Room of the Inn of Cape May. Were you on the right track, or are you the 2010 spring Clueless Wonder? Prizes will be awarded to winners.

You may also want to check out the East Lynne Theater Company’s presentation of “Sherlock Holmes’ Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle”, Saturday March 20 at 8pm.

We always enjoy Sherlock Holmes Weekend at our Cape May bed and breakfast. It is too much fun to galavant around town wearing our thinking caps, in search of clues. Hope to see you then!

Sherlock Holmes to be in Cape May this weekend

This weekend, November 6 through 8, 2009, Cape May will be stomping its feet to a jazzy beat and trying to solve mysteries with Sherlock Holmes. Those of us here at our Cape May NJ bed and breakfast can’t wait!

The 32nd Annual Cape May Jazz Festival presents a tribute to the incomparable Count Basie. The current incarnation of the Count Basie Orchestra will bring it’s nineteen members to Cape May NJ and swing the night away in true Kansas City style.

Richie Cole on the sax, Barbara King with her dusky voice, and Edgardo Cintron and Inca Band are just a few of the other performers who will be on hand to make Cape May THE place to be this weekend if you appreciate jazz.

Elsewhere in Cape May this weekend, a mystery will be revealed Friday night, clues will be sought Saturday, and resolution will occur Sunday. The Sherlock Holmes weekend reveals much about the spirit of Cape May, New Jersey.

One of the reasons we so enjoy having our NJ bed and breakfast here in Cape May are events like the Jazz Festival and the Sherlock Holmes weekend. There is always something interesting happening, and a diverse selection of activities guarantees that everyone can find something to match their taste.

Have a great weekend!